NTV Plus

The NTV PLUS company is the first satellite TV company. TV company, using Eutelsat W4/W7 and Bonum satellites 1, broadcasts on the most part of the territory of Russia and Ukraine. Today an audience of TV company are more than 2 million people, and the number of employees of NTV PLUS exceeds 1000 people. A main objective of TV company – creation of high-quality television for all family, available in any point of the country. Being the recognized expert in the field of a pay satellite TV, the NTV PLUS TV company creates modern standards of high-quality television both in the field of content, and in the field of technical solutions.

Performance Indicators

2017: Plans of growth of revenue

NTV Plus predicts that at the end of 2017 the indicator of ARPU will be not below, than last year, the CEO of operator Dyomin Mikhail in an interview to Kommersant reported.

"In 2014 ARPU made 384 rub, in the 2015th — 328 rub. For the end of 2016 we managed to increase this indicator to 374 rub, and now it is 2.5-3 times higher, than at other players in the market", - Dyomin reported.

According to him, the company does not aim at development in a "national operator" segment, and is guided more by "picky clients". The key indicator on which estimate business at the companies is the cost of involvement of the subscriber (SAC) which is 3 thousand rubles. According to Dyomin, it is twice lower, than at competitors, and five times below, than at new players of the market.

For 2014-2016 the operator increased revenue almost for 30% - more than for 1.2 billion rubles. Among points of growth of the company Dyomin called interactive TV, the satellite Internet, business development in the Far East.

2014: NTV Plus suffered losses in the amount of 1.8 billion rubles

Net loss of the operator of satellite television of NTV Plus in 2014 made 1.8 billion rubles against profit in the amount of 401.7 million rubles in 2013, the Kommersant newspaper with reference to the report of the company reports.

Revenue of the operator was reduced by 6.4%, to 8.8 billion rubles while in 2013 this indicator increased by 3.2%.

The operating loss grew to 2.41 billion rubles from 164 million rubles the previous year.

It is noted that the deferred tax asset in the amount of 598 million rubles created as a result of the arisen losses in tax accounting was reflected in the balance sheet of the company for the end of 2014.

History

2017: Bilateral satellite Internet

The Russian company "NTV Plus" together with operator of the satellite Internet Eutelsat Networks started in July, 2017 rendering service of the high-speed bilateral satellite Internet for physical persons and legal entities, Russian Cableman reports. For natural persons 10 tariff plans — 9 constants with a limit of the volume of traffic and 1 promotional unlimited are provided.

Service cost with a limit of traffic is from 275 rubles to 14 thousand rubles a month, depending on a rate. The subscriber receives 1 GB of the Internet for 275 rubles a month at a speed up to 40 Mbit/sec. (speed of the outgoing channel — 12 Mbit/sec.). If the user exceeds a limit, then each subsequent gigabyte will cost it additional 290 rubles. For 14 thousand rubles a month 100 GB of the Internet (are already available to the subscriber at the same speed), and each "excess" GB is rated at the price of 140 rubles.

The unlimited Internet costs 990 rubles a month, but speed is 20 Mbit/sec. for the incoming traffic and up to 5 Mbit/sec. — for outgoing. It is possible to be connected to unlimited SShPD till September 30, 2017, since October 1 this offer will disappear from a tariff line of NTV Plus. But for those who will manage to connect the unlimited Internet the cost of service and after October 1 will remain the same. For service blackout is not provided. It means that at exhaustion of pre-paid volume of traffic speed will be reduced to 64 Kbps.

Connection cost for natural persons is up to 37 thousand rubles. This amount includes purchase of the equipment directly and connection which will cost 5-7 thousand rubles.

The satellite Internet is provided due to use of resources of the satellite "To express AMU1 ″ (Eutelsat 36C) and is available in all European territory of Russia, the Urals and Western Siberia.

NTV Plus calculates that this service will be demanded also among TV-subscribers, especially those who are interested in use of interactive opportunities and services. For this purpose the company studies different versions of stocks which, for example, would provide a discount for the equipment at simultaneous connection of the satellite Internet and television services.

2015: NTV Plus can be separated into three companies

The Gazprom Media media holding considers the possibility of separation of NTV Plus holding into three companies, two of which will make sports and film content, and the third will continue to render services satellite to television, reported in January, 2015 ITAR-TASS news agency with reference to own sources.

"Within the last year the media holding carried out preparatory work for separation of NTV Plus into three companies, for this purpose even the consultant of Ernst & Young was attracted. The satellite operator, most likely, will be sold to Rostelecom, with the operator negotiations on this occasion were conducted, and film content will be on sale both in the form of programs, and in the form of TV channels", - reported one of sources.

The press service of Rostelecom commented on this information as follows: "We study the market. Satellite television - technology, complementary for us, which allows to increase availability of service of a pay TV. So far no decisions on this occasion were made".

2010: 3D - the channel

In September, 2010 provided NTV Plus 3D - the self-produced channel. It is the Russia's first three-dimensional TV channel. Technical support of NTV Plus in the project is given by Panasonic. The channel will broadcast sport, cinema and other transfers, in the first year of NTV Plus will invest in it $3 million.

The signal of new TV channel will be transmitted in the HDTV format (high definition television), and then on the subscriber equipment it will be decoded on two flows for the right and left eye, the technical director of NTV Plus Oleg Kolesnikov explained. Rather possible health hazard which bears in itself viewing 3D - programs the marketing director of NTV Plus Alexey Zhuravlev assured that it is no more of it, than from viewing normal television.

For viewing 3DTV the subscriber should have the corresponding TV. The price of the TV of Panasonic with support 3D begins from 120 thousand rubles, however, it is possible to use the 3D TV from any other company. The subscriber needs also to have the decoder with support of HDTV. At NTV Plus it costs from 15.25 thousand rubles (or 23.15 thousand rubles with the built-in hard drive on 320 GB), the set with the satellite antenna will cost 16.7 - 24.6 thousand rubles. There is also an opportunity to lease such decoder for 700 rub/month.

The separate subscription to 3D - the channel is not required: it is enough to be the subscriber of a packet of HD channels which includes channels "Sport", "Kino", "HD-Life" and HD versions of Eurosport, NatGeo Wild, Discovery and MTV. The subscription to a packet costs 300 rub/month, at the same time it is necessary not to be lower the subscriber of a packet of channels than Basic (from 550 rub/month). The number of the subscribers who are already connected to HD packets in the company do not disclose.

NTV Plus is able to afford start 3D - the channel because this company itself is engaged in production of a TV content, - the representative of Akado Denis Rychka explained. - Technically we can start 3D too - broadcasting, but at the moment in the market there are no relevant proposals from TV channels". NTV Plus resells self-produced channels to cable networks, but new 3D - the channel within a year will be exclusively available only to his subscribers, specified in the company.